CVE-2001-0062 — LOW severity vulnerability (procfs in FreeBSD and possibly other operating systems allow)
procfs in FreeBSD and possibly other operating systems allows local users to cause a denial of service by calling mmap on the process' own mem file, which causes the kernel to hang.
| CVE ID | CVE-2001-0062 |
|---|---|
| Severity | LOW |
| CVSS score | 2.1 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2001-02-12 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | procfs in FreeBSD and possibly other operating systems allows local users to cause a denial of service by calling mmap on the process' own mem file, which causes the kernel to hang. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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